- Odin Langen
-
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen (January 5, 1913 – July 6, 1976) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
Langen, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota attended the public schools and Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1933 and 1934. He engaged in farming in Kittson County near Kennedy, Minnesota and associated with Production Marketing Administration in Kittson County, Minnesota, 1935 – 1950. Langen was a member of the Kennedy (Minnesota) School Board and served as its president 1948 – 1950. Langen also served on the South Red River Town Board 1947 – 1950, and in the Minnesota House of Representatives 1950 – 1958. Langen served as the Republican leader from 1957 to 1958 when he was elected as a Republican to the 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, and 91st congresses, (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971). After being an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1970 to the 92nd congress, Langen became Administrator of the Packers and Stockyards Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture from January 1971 to April 1972, when he resigned to resume farming pursuits in Kennedy, Minnesota. Odin Langen died July 6, 1976 and was interred in the Red River Cemetery, Red River, Minnesota. He was married to Lillian Clauson.
References
- Minnesota Legislators Past and Present
- Odin Langen at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
United States House of Representatives Preceded by
Coya KnutsonU.S. Representative from Minnesota's 9th congressional district
1959 – 1963Succeeded by
District abolishedPreceded by
Herman Carl AndersenU.S. Representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district
1963 – 1971Succeeded by
Robert BerglandPolitical offices Preceded by
John A. HartleMinnesota House Minority Leader
1957 – 1959Succeeded by
Lloyd L. DuxburyMembers of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota Districts 1-8 (active) 1st district 2nd district 3rd district 4th district 5th district 6th district 7th district 8th district Districts 9-10 and Statewide General Ticket (obsolete) 9th district 10th district General Ticket Minnesota House Minority Leaders Categories:- 1913 births
- 1976 deaths
- People from Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota
- Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives
- Minnesota Republicans
- American Lutherans
- American people of Norwegian descent
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.